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On Saturday 22nd November, mental health professionals and members of the public who are affected by Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) will all come together for the 2008 OCD Conference at Imperial College London. This annual conference has been designed to inspire, invigorate and educate participants and provide an opportunity to share personal experiences of a condition which affects an estimated 1.8 million people in the UK alone.

UroToday.com - Mental health, pain and urinary symptoms are correlated. In an interesting study, Dr. J. Quentin Clemens and colleagues from Chicago recruited patients with chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome and 111 females with bladder pain syndrome from Northwestern University urology clinics. They recruited 72 male controls and 175 female controls from several sources.

Doctors who assess the mental capacity of mental health patients must have insurance against any liabilities that may arise, under new legislation which has just come into force. The UK's leading medical defence organisation, the Medical Defence Union (MDU) says the regulations mean that doctors who are reliant on discretionary indemnity will not be eligible to carry out these assessments.